First off, I just have to say: YES. No more DoS. Don't get me wrong, I know it has some pretty thought-provoking meaning behind it, but I am so glad we've moved on.
I think the part of class that I got the most out of was actually that "finish this essay" activity we did when we had a sub. I actually hadn't thought of the fact that Biff and Bernard were foils (no comments on my slow-ness), so it was actually helpful. And from that, I looked at Willy and Charley as foils, which was more meaningful for me than the Biff/Bernard one. I also liked the motif discussion we had (which may have gone with the last course materials blog, but I didn't talk about it then so I will now). Those kinds of discussions always help me with my annotations, which is greatly appreciated. After all the discussions and the movie watching, I'm proud to say I finally get the meaning behind the play. We talked about DoS in American Lit and, not gonna lie, I got nothing out of it.
On to Hamlet. Yay, Shakespeare, right? Honestly, all I can think while we read Hamlet is "LION KING." Maybe I'm immature, but that movie is fantastic. I do like actually reading it though, because there are a lot of things Lion King doesn't have in it. And usually, I hate when teachers interrupt the reading all the time to tell us what just happened, but I actually find it super helpful with this one. Not because Hamlet is just too confusing, but because Ms. Holmes retells it in an interesting way, so I actually pay attention and piece together the plot. I'm actually looking forward to further discussion of this (aside from the fact that my copy doesn't have line numbers... stupid Amazon).
I don't think we've done much else in class... so I guess this is the end. Bye!
Oh! A note on the title of this post: My friend and I keep calling Hamlet "Macbeth"... oops. I blame Brit Lit.
Hiya Bri.
ReplyDelete1. About your title- I heard someone just call it MacHamlet... so that's an option, too.
2. That essay thing really helped me understand the relationships better, and of course got us practicing for the AP Test.
3. Ms. Holmes' feed back was super nice for me because I basically had no clue what was going on, or why something was funny. Now at least I have a general idea of what is going on :) Glad you found it helpful also!
Erin Donahue
Bri,
ReplyDeleteI liked how you talked about the wrap up essay that we wrote. I agree that it helped me understand DOS better and I almost wish we had done it before I had started annotating. I think you did a great job with this post as you connected it to your own feelings about each thing we did in class. You also added some humor about accidentally calling "Hamlet", "Macbeth". I have done this numerous times. Nice work!
Bri,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I think Erin's "MacHamlet" idea is hilarious, and personally my friends and I have just resorted to calling it Ham, or Hammy, which is probably embarrassing but oh well. I really agree with what you said about how normally it is really annoying when teachers stop and explain everything and how this time it was VERY helpful. Like there were a lot of times I really had zero idea what was going on and the way she helped us understand was great. This is a very insightful post, I think you did a great job!
nice title.
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